According to TheBlaze.com, an Alabama mother told her two daughters to arm themselves when she realized that someone was kicking in her door at 3am. One daughter grabbed a hatchet, while the other grabbed a butcher’s knife. Mom grabbed a gun.

When the intruder finally entered the home, he came up the stairs towards the women. The mother gave a verbal warning, but when the man kept coming, she fired.

Police found the 25 year old intruder collapsed outside of the home. He was transported to an area hospital where is in stable condition.

According to the woman police said they would have been writing up a different report if she did not have her gun. She goes on to say, “There’s so much talk about banning guns and gun control, but they’re for home protection, and you know, there’s no way that I could have fought him off.”